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Lesson: Celebration of Hero— Japan and China, 600-1850

Lesson Plan (PDF file)

Images for Lesson (PDF file)

In China and Japan, a panoply of heroes, both secular and religious, were venerated to
many different ends. Some were used to legitimize political power, some to subtly criticize
or subvert it. Others were simply celebrated the life of the common man (or woman) living
their everyday life. In this lesson is a comparative survey, to which can be added a look at
how other societies (including our own) choose, use, and value role models.

Subject Categories: History & Culture

Locale: Comparison

Grade Levels: Grades 9-12

Associated Images:
1921.318 Sudden Rain at Atake and Ohashi (from the series 100 Views of Famous Places in Edo)
1948.307 The Mie River near Yokkaichi
1960.183 Thirty-Six Immortal Poets
1963.582 The Knickknack Peddler
1969.31 Inauguration Portraits of Emperor Qianlong, the Empress and Eleven Imperial Consorts
1972.160 White-Robed Guanyin
1977.47 Purification at the Orchard Pavilion
1985.333 Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene (from the series Famous Kabuki Plays)
1985.360 Act VII of The Storehouse of Loyalty
1999.216.1 Herdboys and Oxen in Landscape
1999.216.2 Herdboys and Oxen in Landscape
2004.1.8 Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 8

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